Review: Destiny Is A Beautiful Disappointment [EGMR]

EGMR writes: "Destiny is the mother of all mixed bags. You've got a fun shooter built on rock solid mechanics with a gorgeous art direction and a great PvP offering, but you've also got an abysmal story, excessively repetitive and unrewarding quests, a barren and lifeless world and a poor endgame. In that way it's a contradiction. It feels like the foundations of a much more substantial game, yet at the same time I can't see what that substance is or will be. As of right now the only reason to stick around is the Crucible, and however long that lasts is up to you once real competition releases. Destiny is ultimately the product of far too much hype without the required pay off, falling dramatically short. It certainly won't be in my mind come the year end."

I don't get why the media hate Destiny so much. It don't deserve the hate that is running around. My friends and I are having such a good time with Destiny and it has been successful on sales while there are other games that are really bad and there is no such a hate campaign.

Looks to me that the media is offended because Bungie released the game and did not allowed any review before the release and now the media is trying to punish them.

When is a 6 or 7 out of 10 indicative of hating a game? That spells disappointed to me, which can be justifiably argued based on the excessive hype gamers, media and developers/publishers created around Destiny, as well as the shortcomings of the game.

That doesn't mean the game can't be loved and enjoyed as well. It's a free world :)